THE PREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODIES IN PREGNANT PATIENTS ATTENDING THE PORT-MORESBY-GENERAL-HOSPITAL ANTENATAL CLINIC - A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY

Authors
KLUFIO CA DELAMARE O AMOA AB KARIWIGA G
Citation
Ca. Klufio et al., THE PREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODIES IN PREGNANT PATIENTS ATTENDING THE PORT-MORESBY-GENERAL-HOSPITAL ANTENATAL CLINIC - A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY, Papua New Guinea medical journal, 36(1), 1993, pp. 4-9
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Papua New Guinea medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311480
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
4 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1480(1993)36:1<4:TPOTAI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
In a survey of 197 consecutive pregnant patients who were attending th e Port Moresby General Hospital antenatal clinic for the first time in the index pregnancy, the prevalence of IgG antibodies to Toxoplasma g ondii was 18 %. Only one patient had IgM antibodies. Of the sociodemog raphic characteristics examined, only highlands origin of the patient had a significant association with the presence of IgG antibodies.